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THE LITERATURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506).FROM The Diario of Christopher Columbus First Voyage to America. Thursday 11October 1942. Sunday 14 October 1492. Captain John Smith (1580-1631). FROMThe General History of Virginia. The Third Book.Powhatans Discourse of Peaceand War. Native American Voices I. Myths and Tales. How the World Began. Howthe World Was Made. The Beginning of Summer and Winter. The Gift of theSacred Pipe. Thunder, Dizzying Liquid, and Cups That Do Not Grow. WilliamBradford (1590-1657). FROM Of Plymouth Plantation. FROM 'Chapter IV, Showingthe Reasons and Causes of Their Removal.' FROM 'Chapter VII, Of TheirDeparture from Leyden. . .' FROM 'Chapter IX, Of Their Voyage. . .' FROM'Chapter X, Showing How They Sought Out a Place of Habitation. . .' FROM'Chapter XI The Mayflower Compact.' FROM 'Chapter XXVIII The Pequot War.'FROM 'Chapter XXXVI Winslows Final Departure.' John Winthrop (1588-1649).FROM The Journal of John Winthrop. The Bay Psalm Book (1640). FROM The BayPsalm Book. The New England Primer (c. 1683). FROM The New England Primer.Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). The Prologue. Contemplations. The Flesh and theSpirit. The Author to Her Book. Before the Birth of One of Her Children. ToMy Dear and Loving Husband. A Letter to Her Husband. In Reference to HerChildren. In Memory of My Dear Grandchild. On My Dear Grandchild SimonBradstreet. Upon the Burning of Our House. Edward Taylor (c. 1642-1729).Prologue. FROM Preparatory Meditations. The Reflexion. Meditation 6 (FirstSeries). Meditation 8 (First Series). Meditation 38 (First Series).Meditation 39 (First Series). Meditation 150 (Second Series). FROM GodsDeterminations. The Preface. The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended.Upon a Spider Catching a Fly. Huswifery. The Ebb and Flow. A Fig for Thee Oh!Death. Cotton Mather (1663-1728). FROM The Wonders of the Invisible World.FROM Magnalia Christi Americana. Samuel Sewall (1652-1730). FROM The Diary ofSamuel Sewall. Mary Rowlandson (c 1637-1711). A Narrative of the Captivityand Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. William Byrd II (1674-1744). FROMThe Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712. John Woolman(1720-1772). FROM The Journal of John Woolman. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758).Sarah Pierrepont. Personal Narrative. FROM Sinners in the Hands of an AngryGod. FROM Images or Shadows of Divine Things. THE LITERATURE OF REASON ANDREVOLUTION. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Silence Dogood, No. 4. FROM PoorRichard Improved, 1758. An Address to the Public. The Autobiography.Michel-Guillaume-Jean de Crevecoeur (1735-1813). FROM Letters from anAmerican Farmer. Letter III (What Is an American?). Letter IX (Description ofCharleston. . . Thomas Paine (1737-1809). FROM Common Sense. FROM TheAmerican Crisis. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). The Declaration of Indepen